Review: The Summer I Found You

Author: Jolene Perry

Publisher: Albert Whitman Teen, 256 pages

Release Date: March 01, 2014

Genre(s): Contemporary, Romance, YA

They were just distraction to each other. But things change and can lead to something much better or much bigger. Kate Walker was just dumped by her boyfriend for a cheerleader. Aidan is an ex-soldier from Afghanistan who is not yet certain of what he's gonna do to his life. How will they gonna find each other's path? What if a secret kept from a person but not from the others will blow up everything? 

OREO STYLE BREAKDOWN:

• TWIST: There's no of much twists and turns that can spin my head away, I daresay. It's not an exciting read. It's just a normal novel about teenagers who are trying to find out on how to catch up with life. 
• LICK:1. I love the way she describes her characters. I mean I appreciate the way she left some spaces for her readers to imagine or add something to the characters' appearance. 2. Not all parents or uncles or aunties are supportive to their children's or nieces' or nephew's love life. So I really appreciate Aidan's uncle and auntie for being supportive of what he's doing to his life even though he's still undecided. 
• DUNK: I love the way the story ended. I mean, with everything that happened because of Kate's stupidity. Well, at least Kate and Aidan still have a chance to be together or to be together forever, right? 

ENCORE:

It is the first Jolene Perry story that I've ever read and I admired it. She always work with her co-authors, I think. But she can make a nice story of her own on her own. I liked reading this story of hers because I stayed up until 3 am just to finish reading it and I was really disappointed to see that there were only 256 pages. Oh come on, it was never enough. I want more, it seems crazy to check on the second page every time I flip to the next page, thinking it would end so soon. And yes, it ended so soon. I love reading from both perspectives or view of the main characters, I always loved that kind of thing. I just really want to know what the other character feels. The story is not something phenomenal but maybe the reason why I loved it is because I can relate. I'm also a teenager. One of the things that melted my heart is that Aidan went to Kate's father's office just to ask forgiveness of what's his done in the hospital. If you're a teenager and looking for a perfect escape, well, this novel's for you. 

MY FAVOURITE:

You can't fuck nowhere. 

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